Henri Konan Bédié received Wednesday's opposition parties and platforms. Almost a month after the Ouattara-Bédié meeting at the Hotel du Golf in Abidjan, intended to lower political tensions, the opposition calls for another format of discussions: a national dialogue that brings together the nation's forces. as reported from…

In Burkina Faso, the security situation continues to deteriorate in Soum province, in the north of the country, on the border with Mali. For several weeks, armed men have taken control of gold laundries, one of the most important economic activities in the region. This is especially the case with the Inata mine. "Today it is…

The outgoing Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo was re-elected in the first round, according to preliminary results announced on Wednesday night in Accra by the election commission. The head of state won against his rival John Dramani Mahama with 51.59% of the vote against 47.63%. Nana Akufo-Addo was re-elected on Wednesday,…

The ruling party, the RDPC, won the regional elections in Cameroon on 6 December. He was particularly affected by the boycott of this election by the opposition's major political parties. as reported from Yaoundé, Polycarp EssombaUnsurprisingly, it was the Democratic rally of the Cameroonian people (RDPC) that emerged…

Throughout the drying instances, the Malagasy authorities have put in greater than 100 10,000-liter tanks on the streets. An emergency measure taken by the federal government and the capital of the capital to attempt to alleviate the scarcity of water. as reported from Antananarivo, Sarah TétaudOn the facet of Fianarantsoa,…

As the UN Security Council examines Central Africa on Wednesday 9 December and Thursday is Human Rights Day, the database on the atrocities in Cameroon publishes a series of eight reports on the atrocities committed in the two English-speaking regions of the north-west and south-west. This is a group of researchers from the…

The National Human Rights Commission was able to visit secret prisons in Chad, the existence of which was condemned a few weeks ago by a human rights organization. as reported from N'Djamena, Madjiasra NakoThe mission of the National Human Rights Commission indicates that he has visited two prisons of the National Security…

REN-LAC, the nationwide anti-corruption community, is holding its fifteenth anti-corruption day this week. This yr, this Burkinabè civil society group has chosen to debate corruption within the mining sector. From mining concessions to customs controls, corruption is alleged to be in any respect ranges within the sector, in…

"Doudou Faye loved the dream of becoming a professional footballer in Europe. He died in October last year, points out the daily 24 Heures, in the water of the so-called secret emigration. The teenage tragic case has aroused emotions and outrage in Senegal and abroad. His father had paid 250,000 FCFA to a smuggler. ”He and two other fathers were found guilty in February by the court in Mbour, 80 km from Dakar, of…

In a 67-page report published on Tuesday, December 8, Amnesty International Nigeria is concerned about the fate of elderly people exposed to violence from Boko Haram and the Nigerian army in the state of Borno in the northeastern part of the country. This report describes the double punishment of this population persecuted by jihadists and victims of army abuse. A population completely invisible, according to this report entitled "My Bleeding Heart: The Lives of the Elderly Facing Conflict, Expulsion and Detention in…